Innovations in Rural Health System Development: Recruiting and Retaining Maine's Health Care Workforce
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Description
Illustrates examples of rural-focused medical education
programs to support an adequate supply of physicians in
rural Maine. Discusses behavioral and oral health workforce
development, and promising programs utilizing other types
of healthcare workers such as community paramedics and
community health workers (CHWs) to increase the
availability and accessibility of healthcare in rural Maine
and in other rural regions of the U.S.
Author(s)
Amanda Burgess, Andrew F. Coburn
Date
11/2016
Organizations
Maine Health Access Foundation, Maine Rural Health Research Center
Tagged as
Behavioral health workforce
· Community health workers
· Community paramedicine
· Dental workforce
· Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
· Graduate medical education
· Physicians
· Recruitment and retention of health professionals
· Maine
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Organizations (2)
- Maine Health Access Foundation, view details
- Maine Rural Health Research Center, view details